yes, the fruit pulp is delicious, a lot like mangosteen. The seeds however, taste horrible.The trees are not quite ultra tropical, but still pretty fussy about temp. Their greatest hate however is sunlight. Direct light will burn young leaves to death in a day.

I got my cocoa fruit from Montoso Gardens. Good prices, fast shipping, and nice to deal with.

I believe it takes about 3 years from seed to fruit. If you get a pod, make sure to completely clean off the cocoa butter. I lost many seeds until I figured out the fragments of cocoa butter was causing them to mold. Also, pods need to be opened carefully, or the seeds can be cut in the process. They seem to transplant well right before or after the first set of leaves. They are difficult to transplant after this.

Thanks for all your help!

Does anyone know what pollinates them I have a plant that has bloomed for 2 years but not set any pods. Are they self fertile?

I would agree with virgil about these trees being fussy about sun exposure killing young growth, but I´ve seen 7 ft tall bearing fruit cacao trees receiving full sun in summer in semi-desertic environments; perhaps their foliage isn´t the best, but it can endure heat and low humidity and even fruit under such conditions.

Gentain i know someone who used to work in a green house he said he had to hand pollinate the flowers. It might be hard because they seem to be very delicate.